Effects of Jiawei Sijunzi Decoction on migrating myoelectric complex in 8.0 Gy irradiated rats

Table 1 Effect of Jiawei Sijunzi decoction on various phases and duration of cycle of duodenal migrating myoelectric complex of rats irradiated with 8.0 Gy (min, mean ± SD)

Group	Time		No. of rats	MMC				Duration of cycle
				I	II	III	IV
Control	Before irradiation		9	3.8 ± 0.2 (4)	15.5 ± 4.7 (33)	2.6 ± 0.7 (27)	0.6 (1)	11.9 ± 4.5 (21)
	After irradiation	1 h	9 [3]	2.4 ± 0.9 (6)	6.3 ± 2.7 (20)*	3.1 ± 0.6 (19)	0.6 ± 0.3 (3)	9.4 ± 1.8 (5)
		1 d	9 [1]	-	14.7 ± 2.7 (4)	1.7 ± 0.7 (3)	-	18.4 ± 1.8 (2)
		3 d	7	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (6)	-	-	-
		5 d	3	60 ± 0 (2)	60 (1)	-	-	-
		7 d	1	-	60 (1)	-	-	-
Treated	Before irradiation		6	1.6 ± 0.24 (4)	9.8 ± 2.8 (29)	2.4 ± 0.5 (26)	0.6 ± 0.3 (3)	10.4 ± 3.6 (20)
	After irradiation	1 h	6 [3]	-	21.2 ± 17.4 (7)	2.8 ± 0.6 (6)	-	9.8 ± 23 (3)
		1 d	6	60 (1)	60 ± 0 (5)	-	-	-
		3 d	6 [2]	-	37.5 ± 27.6 (5)a	1.7 ± 0.1 (4)	-	15.6 ± 1.8 (2)
		5 d	6 [2]	-	26.7 ± 11.2 (2)a	2.1 ± 0.6 (2)	-	37.0 ± 4.5 (2)b
		7 d	1		60 (1)	-	-	-

Note: Compared with pre-irradiation:

^aP < 0.05,

^bP < 0.01; [ ]: No. of animals showing MMC cycle; ( ): Appearance time; MMC: Migrating myoelectric complex.